WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University men's tennis team honors its graduating seniors during Saturday's matches against Concordia and North Central at the Winona Tennis Center.

The Matchups:
Saturday, April 20, 2013 | Winona Tennis Center * Winona, Minn. | Noon
SMU Cardinals (2-5 MIAC | 14-6 Overall) vs. Concordia Cobbers (1-5 MIAC | 4-10 Overall)
Saturday, April 20, 2013 | Winona Tennis Center * Winona, Minn. | 4 p.m.
SMU Cardinals (7-8 Overall) vs. North Central Rams (2-6 Overall)

GameDay Live On The Web:
CC GameDay Program | North Central GameDay Program | Senior Salute

Last Action:
The Cardinals have been off since last weekend, when they cruised to a 9-0 nonconference win over Bethany Lutheran on Saturday in Owatonna, Minn., before falling to Saint John's 6-3 in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference matchup on Sunday in Sartell, Minn. … Concordia collected its first conference win of the season last Saturday, dropping Hamline 6-3 at Lifetime Fitness in Lakeville, Minn. … North Central is coming off a 7-2 UMAC win over Bethany Lutheran Thursday in Mankato, Minn.

SMU vs. Concordia — A Year Ago:
March 25, 2012: Michael Lunka (Eagan, Minn.) picked up wins at No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles, but it was not enough, as Concordia fueled by a three-set win at No. 4 singles and a double-tiebreaker, 7-6, 7-6 win No. 5, to hang on for the 5-4 conference win in Moorhead, Minn.

SMU vs. North Central — Their Last Meeting:
Saturday's match will be the first in program history between the Cardinals and the Rams.

Up Next:
After this weekend's matches, the Cardinals are off until next weekend, when they close out their regular season with a conference road match at Macalester on Saturday in St. Paul, Minn. … Concordia also closes out its regular season next weekend, hosting Bethel on Saturday, before traveling to Macalester on Sunday. … North Central plays its final two matches of the regular season next week, traveling to UM-Morris on Tuesday and Simpson on Saturday.

Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2013 Roster | 2013 Statistics | 2013 Schedule
The Cardinals head into the weekend having won five of their last seven matches and seven of their last nine. … The Cardinals have lost back-to-back matches just once this season, while putting together winning streaks of two, three (twice) and four straight matches. … With their 9-0 victory over Bethany Lutheran last Saturday, the Cardinals improved to 12-1 in nonconference play this season. SMU's 6-3, spring trip-opening loss to Ursinus is its lone non-league loss this season. … Collin Kaczorowski (Suamico, Wis.), who had his season-high 10-match winning streak snapped with a 6-1, 6-1 loss to Bethel's Luke Palmquist on April 4, rebounded with back-to-back-to-back singles wins against St. Olaf, Bethany Lutheran and Saint John's. … Kaczorowski enters Saturday's matches against Concordia and North Central with 17 dual-match singles wins this season. … Kaczorowski's 17 singles wins is two shy of the school's single-season record, set by Mark Leeder in 2005 and equaled by Tyler Stevenson in 2006. … Fellow freshman Warren Lawrenz (Rochester, Minn.) ran his winning streak to seven straight with a win against Bethany Lutheran last Saturday. … Kaczorowski's 17 singles wins are a team high, while Sam Puff (Eden Prairie, Minn.) is second with 13 and Andrew Rangitsch (Oakdale, Minn. / 11) and Bobby Steingraeber (La Crosse, Wis. / 10) also have 10 or more singles wins. … Kaczorowski and Blake Olmscheid (Farmington, Minn.) each recorded their first collegiate singles win against Wisconsin Lutheran in the team's season-opener on Feb. 8, while Lawrenz notched his first win as a Cardinal against Northwestern on Feb. 23. … The doubles team of Michael Lunka (Eagan, Minn.)-Steingraeber — who earned their second All-MIAC doubles honor in 2012 — are 11-5 at No. 1 doubles this season and have teamed to compile a 52-19 overall doubles record in their four years together . … Steingraeber and Kaczorowski boast a team-leading 13 doubles wins, with Lunka second with 12. … Rangitsch and Kaczorowski are 7-3 at No. 3 doubles. … As a team, the Cardinals — who have used 13 different doubles combinations — are 40-20 in doubles play this season. … Rangitsch set a single-day school record with five wins during the opening day of the Gustavus Midwest Open last fall, reaching the quarterfinals, as he dropped a two-and-a-half hour, three-set, 7-6, 4-6, 6-2 decision to Saint John's Alex Weigmann. … With their wins over Wisconsin Lutheran, Concordia (Wis.) and Carroll, the Cardinals opened the season 3-0 for the first time under 15-year head coach Jeff Halberg. … SMU's 5-4 win over Carroll on Feb. 9 was Halberg's 100th collegiate coaching victory.

Scouting the Concordia Cobbers:
2013 Roster | 2013 Statistics | 2013 Schedule
Concordia's 6-3 win over Hamline last Saturday snapped the Cobbers' three-match losing streak. CC had been swept 9-0 in all three of its matches during that three-game slide. … Concordia heads into Saturday's match against Saint Mary's with a 2-6 record in its last eight matches. … Zach Zitur and Devin Larson have both posted a team-leading six singles wins, while Nick Moe and Zach Biggar have chipped in five and four wins, respectively. The four have accounted for 21 of the team's 25 singles wins this season. … CC is just 2-12 at No. 1 singles and 1-13 at No. 3. … Larson and Brian Olson each own six doubles wins and Peter Dahlberg has five to lead the Cobbers. … Larson and Olson have recorded all six of their doubles wins at No. 1, where they boast a 6-7 record. … Eleven of CC's 12 doubles wins have come at No. 1 and No. 2. The Cobbers are 1-13 at No. 3 doubles. 

Scouting the North Central Rams:
2013 Roster | 2013 Statistics | 2013 Schedule
Thursday's 7-2 win snapped a five-match losing streak for the Rams — whose last three losses had all been by 9-0 decisions. … Shane Christensen heads into the weekend with a team-leading three singles wins, one more than Fabian Tunberg, Sutton Rehwaldt and Ian Bird. … Seven of North Central's 10 singles wins have come from the top three positions in the order — the Rams are 3-18 at Nos. 4-5-6 singles combined. … North Central has won just two of its 21 doubles matches this season. Bird-Tunberg and Christsensen-Rehwaldt have accounted for those two wins. … Five of North Central's first seven matches were played on the Rams' home court. North Central's final five matches of the season will all be played on the road.